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During the 1760s, the first modern restaurants emerged in France. In 1782, Antoine Beauvilliers (1754–1817), the pastry chef to the future Louis XVIII, opened the first fine-dining establishment in Paris.

French cuisine remains a significant cultural achievement.

• The first metro to use the term ‘metro’, France opened Paris Métro in 1900.
• This 16 line network is 214 km long and has had approximately 1.52 billion passengers since 2016.
• It is heavily decorated with exquisite art in most of its entrances.

Funding and feedback by salon patrons encouraged philosophers to put their ideas on paper.

• In 1748, Montesquieu published Spirit of the Laws, which advocated a separation of governmental powers.
• In 1751, Diderot helped create the Encyclopédie, among the fir...